Load lifting arrangement for railway cars



June 14, 1932. SMALL 1,862,712

LOAD LIFTING ARRANGEMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS Filed May 28, 1.950

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AnhurE 512121! Patented June 14, 1932 UNETED gTATES PATENT QFFICE ARTHURE. SMALL, 9F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO P. H. MURPHY COMPANY, OF NEWKENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA LOAD LIFTINGARRANGEMENT FOR RAILWAY CARS Application filed May 28,

The device relates to railway freight cars and comprises means forming apart of the roof structure which provides places for at taching loadlifting devices, such load lifting devices being used to move heavyarticles into and out of the car or move such articles within the car orto place one part of the load over another part, such as double deckingautomobiles.

The connec ing member or beam extends longitudinally of the car and ispreferably located adjacent the center of the car or may be positionednear the side plate or one near each side plate, or if desired, may belocated in both or in all such positions and still come Within the scopeof this invention. It may be desirable to raise the load simultaneouslyfrom more than one point. The beams may extend the full length of thecar and reenforce each and every carline or they may simply include aplurality of carlines and be located as desired. The beams arepreferably spaced apart from the roof to provide a space so a chain orrope may be thrown over the beam to support a block and tackle ordifferential chain or other device.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows a load lifting beam and assoc'ated parts of the car.

Figs. 2 and 3 show the connection of a load lifting beam to a carline.

F 4 and 5 show a modified form wherein the bracket is eliminated.

Fig. 6 shows the detail of the bracket.

The drawing shows my improved load lifting device applied to thestandard A. R. A. car roof for freight cars, which consists of a channelshape carline 2 comprising substantially vertical walls 3 having lateralflanges 4 at the upper margin of each vertical wall and a plurality ofroof sheets 5 secured to said flanges with certain of said sheetsoverlapping the channel of the carline. This construction forms a box sothat it is impracticable to attach anything to the walls 3 of thecarlines on account of the difliculty of getting at the inside head of arivet (or the nut of a bolt) to remove or replace it. This is a seriouscondition in building new cars and also in repairing cars. Furthermore,makes 1930. Serial No. 456,577.

it quite difficult to apply a load lifting beam to cars already built.

Fig. 1 illustrates the relation of a load lifting beam 7 to the otherparts of the car, such as the side plates 10, carline 2 roof sheet 5 andrunning boards 11.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 the bracket is secured to thecarline by means of a bolt 21 which penetrates through both wallsthereof and is held in place by the nut 22 or other means, whicharrangement can easily be applied to new or existing equipment. Thisbracket is preferably provided with spaced apart wings 25 on each sidethereof to which the load lifting beam 7 is secured by means of the bolt26 forming a pivoted connection between the beam and the carline.

The beam is preferably spaced below the roof sheets so as to provide aspace (28) over which a rope or chain may be thrown to support a loadlifting device, but the bottom of the beam is not lower than the bottomof the carline.

In the form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 each load lifting beam 30 isprovided with an upwardly projecting flange 31 which preferably engagesthe adjacent vertical wall 3 of the carline andthe flanges (31) ofadjacent beams are secured together and to the carline by means of abolt 33 or other similar device passing through the carlines and saidflanges. The bottom parts (34:) of these beams are not lower thanthebottom portion (35) of the carline so as not to reduce the insidevertical clear height of the car.

Fig. 6 shows the bracket in detail, which comprises spaced apartportions for engagement with the vertical walls 3 of the carline and aconnecting web member 41 and a pair of wings 25 on each side of thebracket which are provided with apertures 42 to accommodate the pivotalconnection of the beam.

While I have shown channel shaped beams, it is understood that any othershape beam may be used and still come within the scope of the invention.

' The accompanying drawing illustrates the preferred form of theinvention, though it is to be understood that the invention is notlimited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as itis obvious that various modifications thereof, within the scope of theclaims, will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a railway car, the combination of a U-shaped carline having spacedapart substantially vertical walls, roofing secured to said carline andclosing the channels therein, a bracket having spaced apart portions onopposite sides of the carline, means passing through both walls of saidcarline and through both portions of said bracket to secure the bracketto the carline, and load lifting beams secured to said bracket of saidcarline.

2. In a railway car, the combination of a U-shaped carline having spacedapart substantially vertical walls with lateral flanges at the uppermargins thereof, roofing secured to said flanges, a bracket havingspaced apart portions on opposite sides of the carline, each of saidportions having spaced apart wings, means passing through both walls ofsaid carline and both portions of said bracket to secure the bracket tothe carline, and load lifting beams secured to said wings.

3. In a railway car, the combination of a Usl1aped carline having spacedapart substantially vertical walls with lateral flanges at the uppermargins thereof, roofing secured to said flanges, a bracket havingspaced apart portions on opposite sides of the carline, means passingthrough both walls of said carlines and through both spaced apartportions of said bracket to secure the bracket to the carline, and loadlifting beams secured to said bracket of said carline, the bottom of thebeam being not lower than the bottom of the bracket.

4. In a railway car, the combination of spaced apart U-shaped carlines,each having spaced apart substantially vertical walls with lateralflanges at the upper margins thereof, roofing secured to said flanges, aload lifting beam spanning the distance between said carlin es, andmeans passing through both of said spaced walls to secure the beam tothe carline.

5. In a railway car, the combination of spaced apart U-shaped carlines,each having spaced apart substantially vertical walls with lateralflanges at the upper margins thereof, roofing secured to said flanges,and a load lifting beam spanning the distance between said carlines withits opposite ends pivotally secured to said carlines.

6. A railway car construction comprising side plates connected by hollowcarlines, a load-lifting beam extending longitudinally of the carbetween carlines, brackets for attaching the ends of said beam to saidcarlines, and means for securing said brackets to said carlines, saidmeans comprising members passing through alined openings providedtherefor in said brackets and in both side walls of said hollowcarlines.

7. A railway car construction comprising side plates connected by hollowcarlines, a load-lifting beam comprising sect-ions extendinglongitudinally of the car between carlines, brackets for attaching theadjacent ends of the lifting beam sections to said carlines, saidbrackets having side portions engaging both sides of said carlines, andmeans for securing said brackets to said carlines, said means comprisingmembers passing through alined openings provided therefor in both sideportions of said brackets and in both sides of said carlines.

8. A railway car construction comprising side plates connected bycarlines of substantially channel-shaped cross-section, a loadliftingbeam extending longitudinally of the car between carlines, brackets forattaching the ends of said beam to said carlines, and means for securingsaid brackets to said carlines, said means comprising members passingthrough said brackets and through both side walls of said carlines.

ARTHUR E. SMALL.

